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Media
for remembering: Photos
Psychological reasons for taking photos:
- Realization of "The Tourist Gaze":
The object is kept at a distance, is "captured
on film", but in the chosen perspective - The
motif for the travel is the motif.
- Ersatz-Adventure: "Shooting"
objects, hunting down objects (f.i. trainspotters)
- Playing with technology for adults: Trying
to get the ideal photo with the ideal equipment,
having the longest teleobjective
- Having something to do: Taking pictures
is a kind of work (preparation, concentration, touchable
result), helping to avoid feeling lazy
- Fighting uncertainty and decay: Putting
things in perspective, leaving out what is disturbing,
having something which survives the momentary impression
- Documentation: Having something to show
at home which would be difficult to describe, showing
that you have been there
- Ticking-Off: Taking a photo of a site
means to have "done" it, it can be ticked
off the list
Most people will never in their life take pictures
of their hometown, because they are not able to
see it in motifs and sights.
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Try
this out for yourself: Walk through
your normal neighbourhood and try to
find motifs for photos.
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Contact: wolfgang.arlt@fh-stralsund.de
Office: 1/132, Tel. (03831) 45 6961
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